Robert Covington has agreed to a two-year, $24 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN on Thursday. Prior to signing his extension, Covington was set to become an unrestricted free agent.
Covington didn’t shy away from the fact that he wanted to return to the Clippers and the team’s president of basketball operations, Lawrence Frank, didn’t either, so the fact that they were able to agree to a contract before free agency isn’t totally surprising.
Now the Clippers’ luxury tax bill will jump from $17.